Re: Will Anarchists work with Non-Anarchists?

[Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx>]

Carrol Cox wrote:

> How many people on pen-l want to participate in a demonstration of
> 10s of thousands, confronting police, knowing that a few dozen or a
> few hundred of their fellow demonstrators may take it upon themselves
> to impose their judgement on that of the 50,000, without consultation,
> without any regard for the opinions of others. From this perspective
> it is interesting that the main complaint anarchists make against
> marxists is our anti-democratic policies. And that Doug, here, seems
> to be accusing *marxists* (rather than anarchists) of refusing to
> speak to others.

Carrol, there were about 50-100 people who broke windows, god bless
'em. There were many more anarchists and sympathizers who didn't do
that. You passing judgment on a whole philosophy by the behavior of a
fragment. A Marxist once signed a pact with Hitler; what conclusion
about Marxism should I draw from that?

Doug